The Nature of Damp

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1. Damp is 'heavy' and 'turbid'.

2. Illnesses caused by Damp tend to be chronic.

3. The pathological development of damp disease is slow, but virulent

and tenacious.

4. As a yin pathogen, damp harms yang and blocks the flow of qi.

5. Damp can cause a wide range of problems involving all departments

of medicine.

6. Damp tends to combine with other pathogens, especially wind, heat

and cold.

7. Exogenous (Exterior) damp is a seasonal pathogen.

 

From Fluid Physiology and Pathology in Traditional ,

Steven Clavey, pp. 225 - 226.

 

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